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Teachers strike as contract talks stall Teachers fight lockout at LRB, parents brace for more strikes
JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
Students in North Shore public schools had an extra day offThursday while teachers walked the picket lines in a steady drizzle. Teachers were joined by unionized school support workers as rotating strikes hit North Vancouver and West Vancouver schools May 29.The scenario will be repeated on Tuesday, June 3, when schools in both districts will be behind picket lines again. Outside Sutherland school, social studies teacher Norm Nichols said, “I’d rather be teaching” than on the picket line. But he said the decision by government to cut 10 per cent of teachers’ wages has angered many educators. Before the rotating strikes began, teachers were not working any less, said Nichols. “The only thing we’ve done is miss a half-hour staff meeting,” he said. The pay cut has prompted some teachers to withdraw from taking part in extracurricular activities. “I had been planning to give a speech at grad,” said Nichols. “I won’t be doing that.” Daniel Storms, president of the North Vancouver Teachers Association, said the pay cut has been an “extreme irritant” to teachers, most of whom got their first cheque with the reduced pay this week. “They haven’t actually reduced their work,” he said. Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers
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Family issue plea for missing woman
BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
Three years since she was last seen boarding the SeaBus, the family of Angeline Pete is holding out hope someone has information about her whereabouts. Joined by members
of Pete’s family, North Vancouver RCMP held a press conference Thursday morning, renewing a plea for information about the First Nations woman. “It’s been very emotional and stressful. It’s heartache. There are days I can’t even sleep, wondering where she is
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was being sought by police for breaching a condition of probation, according to her family. After spending three months trying to track her down through the travelling carnival company she had worked See Too Many page 5
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